Five Cougars Earn Women’s Basketball All-League Honors
JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its 2025-26 Women's Basketball All-League honors on Wednesday, March 4, with five University of Saint Francis (Ind.) players earning All-League honors.
2025-26 Crossroads League Women's Basketball Award Winners
Cali Gregory and Taylor Fordyce were named First-Team All-Crossroads League. Renna Schwieterman and Isabella Gizzi garnered Second-Team All-Crossroads League recognition, while Julia Mantyla was selected as an Honorable Mention honoree. Gizzi was also named to the Crossroads League All-Defensive Team.
Gregory was named to the first team after starting all 31 games this season and leading the Cougars with 16.4 points per game. The sophomore guard has the second-best three-point percentage in the league at 46.1% while also averaging 5.5 rebounds per contest. She has added 42 steals and eight blocks on the year.
Fordyce was selected First-Team All-Crossroads League after logging over 1,000 minutes this season. She leads the league with a 47.8 three-point shooting percentage while averaging 11.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, along with 37 steals and 74 assists.
Schwieterman was named Second-Team All-Crossroads League after appearing in 29 games this season. She is averaging 12.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while adding 25 steals and 83 assists.
Gizzi earned both Second-Team and All-Defensive Team honors after recording 39 steals and 140 defensive rebounds. The junior guard also leads the league with an 88.6 free-throw percentage while averaging 11.3 points and 2.1 assists per game.
Mantyla received Honorable Mention All-League recognition after playing 625 minutes this season, averaging 7.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
SF women's basketball will host the First and Second Round of the NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament on March 13-14. Saint Francis women's basketball now awaits the seeding of the NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament, which will be announced on Thursday, March 5, at YouTube.com/PlayNAIA.
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. The academic structure at Saint Francis offers seven pathways: Humanities, Faith and Liberal Arts; Allied Health; Creative Arts and Digital Media; Education, Human Services and Community Care; Leadership and Business; Nursing; and Sciences and Medical Studies. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis delivers workforce development healthcare programs in Fort Wayne, Crown Point, Gas City, Indianapolis, Lafayette and online. Saint Francis Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. A National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Five-Star Champion of Character institution, Saint Francis has 21 athletic programs boasting three individual and four team NAIA national championships. More than 1,900 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.